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Our political debates, newspaper headlines, and internet comments are all too often stripped of nuance and a sense of shared humanity. Too many public conversations are stuck in polarized language of confrontation and certainty. We need new ways to foster dialogue with people across lines of religion, politics, ethnicity, and experience.

Since 2001 Krista Tippett has hosted conversations on the big questions of meaning for On Being, a radio program and podcast distributed to 400 public radio stations across the country. A Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and author of the recently published Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living, she models a conversational style that elicits wisdom and cultivates generous listening. In 2014, she received the National Humanities Medal at the White House. Her conversation partners have ranged from clergy to social activists to poets and civil rights leaders.

In this breakthrough course, she challenges each of us to slow down and to listen. To embrace ambiguity. To find the difficult moments where real wisdom lies. This is a different kind of course, a master’s take on reaching a deeper level of understanding. There are no quick answers here, no simple exercises. Instead, Krista will open your eyes (and ears) to a different way of engaging in the important conversations that can change everything.

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